Description
Finance Business Intelligence Officer - Havering - £13.72 - £18.38 Per Hour - 3 months
Experience - Essential
They must have numerical thinking and problem solving skills along with effective oral and written communication skills. They will also need to have the ability to examine and interpret financial data and to recognise and address problems. The postholder will be required to be able to work under pressure and prioritise conflicting workloads to meet deadlines. They must also be able to advise on financial matters, systems, procedures and regulations to a wide range of stakeholders.
Fully proficient in the use of all Microsoft Packages, particularly Excel and Outlook
Relevant experience of finance within a public sector organisation
Experience - Desirable
An understanding of Social Care (Adults & Children's) or Public Health demands, pressures and drivers of spend
An understanding of Commissioning principles and key processes
Experience of using multiple software systems for processing business tasks and information.
Working Conditions
Possess a flexible approach to work, which may include hot-desking. There may be occasional requirement to work outside normal' office hours
The nature of the post and the duties to be undertaken require a level of management of priorities to be performed. This will require reassessment of workloads and priorities in order to meet budget reporting deadlines and payment cycles.
Be able to deputise for Line Manager at meetings as required.
Demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to Equalities and Diversity in both service delivery to the community, in relationships with colleagues and in employment practices.
Key Accountabilities and Result Areas
The Financial Business Intelligence Team caters for three service areas - Children's Social Care, Adult Social Care and Public Health. As a Financial Business Intelligence Officer you will be expected to support one of these service areas at any one time. Each service area is subject to its own legislative requirements and unique demands/pressures. As a result, there will be some responsibilities that are unique to that service area and these have been separated out for convenience.
Additional Requirements:
The following clauses must be included in all Job Profiles.
- The Council has a strong commitment to achieving equality of opportunity in its services to the community and in the employment of people. It expects all employees to understand, comply with and promote its policies in their own work, and to undertake any appropriate training.
- Comply with Health and Safety Regulations associated with your employment.
- Be aware of the council's responsibilities under the Data Protection Act 1984 for the security, accuracy and relevance of all personal data held on such systems and ensure that all processes comply with this.
- To treat all information acquired through your employment, both formally and informally, in strict confidence. There are strict rules and protocols defining employees access to and use of the council's databases, any breach of which will be regarded as subject to disciplinary investigation.
- You may be required to work at any Council site.
- Demonstrate a flexible approach in the delivery of work within the service area. Consequently, the postholder may be required to perform duties not specifically identified in the job profile but which are in line with the general responsibilities of the post.
- Deal with any Safeguarding issues that might arise, in line with the Council's policies and procedures.
Additional information about the process
Main Purpose and Key Objectives
The primary purpose of this role is to ensure accurate and timely payments to providers and service users of Social Care and Public Health services and to monitor and forecast against these high risk budget areas. This role will form part of a team who primarily act as the liaison between the Council and the provider as well as the liaison between Commissioning and Social Care/Public Health in respect of payment and forecasting of services. The role (and the team as a whole) has a responsibility to safeguard council budgets through the delivery of the key result areas detailed below.
Key objectives of the role (and in line with the vision of the FBI Team) are to:
Make accurate and timely payments to providers, service users and/or other Local (Health) Authorities as determined by Social Care and Public Health within high risk budget areas.
Ensure that payments are made in accordance with contracts of Adults, Children's & Public Health Services and support plans and are appropriately authorised by the budget holder with a clear audit trail.
Accurately record and monitor cost, spend and committed spend for service users and/or non-client related services of Adults, Children's & Public Health Services
Liaise with key service areas within the Local Authority and advise on finance and financial business intelligence
Liaise with providers of commissioned services and advise on finance and financial business intelligence
Produce, analyse and provide financial data and statistics to support effective commissioning of Social Care & Public Health Services
Advise Commissioners on financial processes and issues as part of the commissioning process.
Continue own professional and personal development in the role, in particular training on finance and health and social care policies and procedures.
Job Context
Reports to the Financial Business Intelligence Manager
Post sits within the Financial Business Intelligence Team within the Joint Commissioning Unit and covers finance for Adults and Children's Social Care and Public Health.
The post holder will have no line management responsibility
The post holder will be required to work 36 hours per week
The post holder will be required to work in any one of the Council's sites although will be mainly based in Mercury House, Romford.
The post holder has Financial/Resources responsibility for making payments across Social Care, Public Health & Joint Commissioning as well as recording and forecasting expenditure and safeguarding public funds.
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